how bout this
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how bout this
http://www.facebook.com/events/225240994237593/
Great idea, love that place!
I wish I could, but I've got my second surgery (hysterectomy) on the 14th and won't be walking/skiing for about a month after.
I'll pass on av there are lots of other places with shitty skiing, we live in Alaska, there's no reason for it here.
You're having your uterus removed?
The bluegrass is a big turnoff too.
It's really been getting in the way of my balls lately.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chugachjed
Come On...we can't all be 1st gen RAHOWA fansQuote:
Originally Posted by Chugachjed
:wink:
Oh please don't even go there with that racist bullshit. White power can fuck off. I'm more of a 2tone fan.
How 'bout Hilltop for a micro-summit?? :P
The obvious choice would be Alyeska. But How about Hatcher Pass??
The cool thing about Hatcher is the choices. Anything from non-technical descents and ride-sharing a truck or snowmachine back up, to more technical ascents and great pow further up the pass. It can get crowded there weekends with all the folks from Wasilla and Palmer, but it's Hatcher-style "crowded" which means not really crowded at all compared to Alyeska....and the people are usually a pretty cool mixture,from XC nut-muffins to half-crazed escaped convict-type wildmen in tire-chained argos and everything in between. Plus the Hatcher Pass Lodge is right there for grub and brew.
The avi danger has been pretty high this past week with a lot of slab potential, but that might moderate some, and that still leaves a lot of shallower areas with decent pow that are not so prone.
By the way, they are holding a pretty decent avalanche field course in Willow Feb 25th. It's going to be taught by North American Outdoor Institute out of Palmer...contact Dorothy Adler for sign-up....not sure about the cost.
Anybody got a snowmachine or two?
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I may actually be at hatcher Pass then. My buddy wants me to come over and do the Bomber Traverse with him. I am trying to think of alternatives really don't want to deal with the snowmachines.
I'll be in FBX on the 25th.. Go SEAWOLVES!!! Gov Cup weekend... and I got an idea of a pow stash up that way...
Hatcher would be cool, I've never really skied there...
Hatcher is great but a mini in potentially sketchy avalanche conditions seems silly. What with the booze and all. As much as I love hiking the collectives needs may be better served by a tram. But hey, this is Alaska and we are different than those lower 48 types so who knows.
anyone got a place in gird we can all crash, fuck skiing, with this rain we might as well drink
Well drinking is something I can do...well (although I've had some very good times skiing in the rain -Hood native)Quote:
Originally Posted by ak_powder_monkey
The only place I've got in Girdwood is Jeremy's hostel
I am planning on being up March ~11-17 (got to check ferry schedule)
my leg is going to still be pretty weak so I am probably limited to cruising the groom, but we'll see,
I will bring bc gear but I really just want to get on the snow (3+ months off a leg does some weird shit to the mind and body)
@Jed -you know I'm just joshing ya, that's what the winky was for :)
How bout the first weekend in April at Aly... Corn snow or powder... Bluegrass at the Sitz... It'll be warm enough to have a mini forest fair maggot campout...
Lets say April 6 and 7?
What's with you and bluegrass? Maybe you should move to kentucky. Nothing personal but if there's bluegrass I'll be at home.
Jeremy's hostel? Is that the place that sort of overlooking the meadow...I can't remember the street, but it's less than half-way down the main road, off a dirt/gravel road that leads off from the left as your facing down the road? The cool place that has that great wood-fired suana and a driveway usually filled with rusty suburus??? If it IS, I used to stay there all the time!! 10/12 bucks a night!!...and cool vibes!Quote:
Originally Posted by DeathVan
I might be in Gird during part of that time....if so, I'll PM you.
Ak-Pow_monkey:
April at alyeska sounds pretty do-able...can be rainy, though. But there should still be plenty of snow. I guess the suits at Alyeska haven't forecasted when they going to close yet....it's usually too damn early...but they just don't make enough in spring to pay for that huge operation....but they could STILL at least keep the tram open for skis/boards longe...since it's open anyway for tourists...keep a few patrollers on hand to keep the insurance company happy...but they never do.
Mountain biking season, I'm gonna bring a ski-bike there....fuck em...that's a "bike"!!....who says it needs wheels?
BFD - if you DO decide to head to Hatcher, PM me. i might be up there or I might wait until I go to willow.
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Bluegrass is awesome... I mean we don't have to go to the sitz, plenty of drinking establishments in g woodQuote:
Originally Posted by Chugachjed
I looked up that band "Hot Dish" who's going to be at arctic valley...they do this thing called "Newgrass". I haven't heard a clip of them yet, but 'newgrass', whatever the hell that is, sounds cool enough to look into further.Quote:
Originally Posted by ak_powder_monkey
Just looked them up on the tube...maybe it's the bad audio or maybe it's the fake southern accent, but can't say I'm overwhelmed with emotion. The fiddle player sounds cool, though and the guy knows his way around a banjo...but they need work on the overall synergy of it all.
EDIT: Is this 'newgrass'?? It sounds sorta like 'oldgrass' to me. But the more I listen to it the more I like it.
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Hot dish has some skills good guys too... They are good party music
Word on the street is there's $1400 worth of fireworks for that party.
I'm going, hopefully we'll get some new snow for it, should be a good time, not sure how I'm gonna get down the hill though
Hot JUST word on the street... there is MORE than that....but you DIDN"T hear it from me....Quote:
Originally Posted by akrdubbs
Put it this way, if you live in anchorage or eagle river. look up at the star after dark....if it is clear out there WILL be a good show being put on. There will also be tubing and a bbq spread with bear included
on another note, i am in for a summit, but damnit, we ARE the biggest state in the union, lets not have mini, lets do it AK style and have it as a Grand
You still running the show up there buddy?
I'm pretty stoked for saturday, even if the snow sucks
Should have gone to Alyeska. Great snow and no mandolins.
Alyeska is too expensive and crowded... I rolled in at 2:30 and had plenty of powder at Alpy, oh and the party was pretty fantastic... Skiing, all you can eat food, and beer all cost less than a day at Aly! Yeah!
ohh look. A meeting of the biggest faggots on the board. :fmicon:
Couldn't be, you weren't there.Quote:
Originally Posted by systemoverblow'd
So girdwood easter weekend?
whens easter?
Easter is on the 9th
If this is the weekend of April 7th or 14th I'll be there.
I'm moving down to CO in May, it'd be nice to match some faces with names before I leave. Plus side of me leaving, I have a pile of homebrew that I cant take with me, and will therefore need to be drank in short order.
Weekend of the 7th Alyeska... Anybody got a place we can crash at?
Minor threadjack - but anyone interested in touring tomorrow or Thursday? No specific destination in mind, but okay with turnagain or hatchers areas.
Drop me a PM.
Hatcher is super good right now. Bomber snowpack. The steeps are getting slayed. If I had a babysitter I'd be down.
Thanks for info... Haven't gotten out in about a month, so I'm jonesing bad.
Doesn't look like tomorrow will be the day, so if thursday ends up working for you drop me a line.
Will do, still have your email I believe.